What is the Pupil Premium (PP)?

The Pupil Premium is additional funding paid to schools in respect of their disadvantaged students (students who have been registered for free schools meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years or are looked after continuously by the local authority for more than1 day). Schools receive this funding to support their eligible students and narrow the attainment gap between them and their peers.

Our funding in 2018-19 is £935 per student for those who have been recorded as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years (Ever 6 FSM). We also receive pupil premium plus of £2,300 for the following students:

Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority

Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order

Bursaries for young people in defined vulnerable Groups

Students who meet one of the 4 criteria below (plus the other criteria for age and residency) and who have a financial need can apply for a bursary for vulnerable groups of up to £1,200 per year (if they are participating on a study programme that lasts for 30 weeks or more; a pro-rata amount is paid to students on study programmes of less than 30 weeks). This reflects that students in these groups may need a greater level of support to enable them to continue to participate. Institutions must ensure that students are eligible for the bursary for defined vulnerable groups in each year they require support.

The defined vulnerable groups are students who are:

in care

care leavers

receiving Income Support, or Universal Credit because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them such as a child or partner

receiving Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments in their own right as well as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit in their own right.

Free School Meals

Parents/Carers can check their eligibility for free school meals (FSM) by going to:-

If eligible then they should apply for FSM directly via the London Borough of Sutton www.sutton.gov.uk and search free school meals.

How we spend the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) to maximise achievement:

Carefully ring-fencing the funding so that we always spend it on improving the outcomes for PP students and to ensure that all students enjoy the full education and experience at our school

Drawing on research evidence (such as the Sutton Trust toolkit and Education Endowment Foundation) and our own evidence to ensure value for money

Understanding the importance of ensuring that all day-to-day teaching meets the needs of each student, rather than relying on interventions to compensate for teaching that is less than good

Appointing a Designated Senior Leader who has a clear overview of spending and interventions

Ensuring that Subject teachers know which students are eligible for the PPG so that they can take responsibility for accelerating their progress

Having a clear model for spending the PPG

Ensuring Governors know how the PPG is spent

Although the PP funding covers students in years 7-11, some of the budget in 2018-19 will be used in supporting these students at A Level and in preparing them for higher education.

Providing support for the emotional wellbeing of PP students

Ensuring that the attendance of PP students is excellent.

The Pupil Premium Strategy

In 2017-18 our disadvantaged students performed very close to non-disadvantaged students with a progress 8 score of 1.04 compared to 1.17. As a result of this we are very pleased that we came 14th in the country for disadvantaged student attainment.

How we spent our pupil premium funding and the impacts of this can be seen below but in summary 24% of spending went on staffing and staff development, 48% on specific curriculum support and 28% on curricular enrichment:

How We Spent our Pupil Premium Funding 2017-18

Activity

Detail

Cost

Impacts

Staffing and Staff development

Designated senior leader in charge of pupil premium

20,493

Personalised interventions and tracking for PP students including mentoring

Designated administrative support for pupil premium

Data identifies trends in PP student performance

Tracking, monitoring and mentoring by Head of Year

Additional time for ELSA and counsellor (equivalent to one additional day each)

Emotional support available without the need to pay privately and to replace reduced Borough provision

Cognus Attendance Service (formerly Borough Attendance Service)

PP student attendance at 95.5%. Target of 96%

Curricular Enrichment

Provision of tablet computers to each PP student

24,726

Disadvantage does not hinder opportunity

Payment for enrichment activities taking place in school time as well as leadership opportunities like D of E and CCF, creative pursuits such as LAMDA and RAD and music lessons, uniform grants and resources for Design and Technology.

Disadvantage does not hinder opportunity

PP students are prioritised for a careers talk from the careers advisor

Tracking now introduced into Sixth form to track PP student destinations

Provision of curriculum materials such as textbooks and revision guides, art materials, digital equipment to ensure equal access for PP students

The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives state-funded schools, including special schools and alternative provision settings, additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not achieve the expected standard in reading or Maths at the end of key stage 2 (KS2). A scaled score of 100 will always represent the expected standard on the test.

2018-2019

We do not currently have any students on roll in Year 7 who are eligible for the catch-up premium. All our students have scaled scores above 100. In 2017-2018 we did not have any students on roll in Year 7 who are eligible for the catch-up premium.